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Peanuts Placer Claim

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Thorium, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022680
MRDS ID FS00091
Record type Site
Current site name Peanuts Placer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.68426, 46.21239 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position THE AREA IS 2 MILES SOUTH OF SKALKAHO HIGHWAY AND 35 MILES WEST OF PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Emerine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 017W 02,03,10,11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED LANDS LAT LONG ARE CENTER FOR AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE - 25 POUND PAN OF MATERIAL DUG FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAND CREEK NEAR THE DISCOVERY PIT ON THE CLAIM

Analytical data

Result X-RAY SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS: NB, TA, TH, U, ALL ARE LESS THAN 0.05% EACH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.68426, 46.21239
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granitic Stock

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE ARE VARYING AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVE BLACK SANDS DISTRIBUTED IRREGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Sapphire Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Fluorite Mining Co., Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph T. And Ivy L. Abbey, Et. Al

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 2.13M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT - DUG TO DEPTH OF 4 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6365, P. 22-3

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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